Liberty Maven

Coming soon to a court near you! Will our Iraq veterans be sentenced for exercising freedom of speech? Sign a petition and show your support.
by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution
Originally published October 29, 2008 at http://www.nolanchart.com/article5323.html

Dear Reader –

After reading the first two parts in this series, I want to make known to you the opportunity to sign a petition in support of the Hempstead 15.  As one of my friends, (who is pro-war) a Marine rightly stated: “They have earned the right to protest whether one agrees or not.”

We, the undersigned, denounce and condemn the violent actions and gross misconduct of the Nassau County Police Department in Hempstead, Long Island. Specifically, we are citing the unprovoked attack unleashed upon a member of “Iraq Veterans Against the War,” who was acting within the first amendment right to “peacefully assemble” on the evening of October 15, 2008 at Hofstra University, the site of the last presidential debate.

Iraq War Veteran Nick Morgan was peaceably standing on the sidewalk when he was unmercifully and unlawfully trampled by a Nassau County Police Department horse mounted by a Police Officer who provoked the horse to spin against the crowd on the sidewalk, thereby knocking down and stepping on the Iraq Veteran which action nearly killed him. He sustained a crushing blow to his head when the horse trampled his face, breaking his cheek bone in three places, his “orbital” (eye socket) was shattered, thus leaving his eye dangerously close to sinking into his sinus cavity over time without proper surgery.

People of conscience cannot and will not sit by and allow members of any police force who are here to protect and serve behave like criminals themselves.

Therefore, we demand justice for Nick Morgan. All charges against him must be dropped immediately, and a public apology be given by not only the Nassau County Police Department but the Mayor of Hempstead.

We will not tolerate these violent actions being inflicted upon anyone, especially a veteran who honorably served his Country.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/justicefornick/index.html

The Hempstead 15, ten members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and five citizen supporters, will be arraigned for “disorderly conduct” and request your support by attending.  Following the hearing, members of the Hempstead 15 will be available for questions and socializing.

When: Monday, November 10th, 8 AM

Where: The Nassau County District Court at 99 Main Street in Hempstead, NY, Long Island.

The Hempstead 15 are:

Nick Morgan SGT, USA IVAW DC
James Gilligan CPL, USMC IVAW Philadelphia
Kris Goldsmith SGT, USA IVAW NYC
Marlisa Grogan CPT, USMC IVAW NYC
Matthis Chiroux SGT, USA IVAW NYC
Adam Kokesh SGT, USMC IVAW DC
Nathan Peld PO2, USN IVAW Central NY
Mike Spinnato CPL, USMC IVAW Boston
Jose Vasquez SSG, USAR IVAW NYC
Geoff Millard SGT, ARNG IVAW DC
Paul Blasenheim Washington, DC
Megan Day Portchester, MA
David M. Disimino Tacoma Park, MD
Lianne Gillouly Boston, MA
Ryan Olander Highland Park, NJ

All Photos by Bill Perry. (Thanks!)

Police State Stomps on Iraq Veteran’s Face as McBama Sanctions Attack on Freedom of Speech: The Story of the Hempstead 15 (Part 1/3)
Published: October 25, 2008
What? Yet another event the media completely missed? After multiple attempts to engage McBama to answer their questions, the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) led a peaceful march on the last McCain-Obama Presidential Debate and were met with 30 mounted police and a horde of others in riot gear. The mounted police stamped on an Iraq war veteran’s face and attacked the crowd. Ron Paul supporter and veteran Adam Kokesh was arrested as well.

Police State Stomps on Iraq Veteran’s Face as McBama Sanctions Attack on Freedom of Speech – The Palin Response, Ron Paul, and an Iraq War Vet’s Testimony (Part 2/3)
Published: October 27, 2008
The response from the McBama duos on the tragic events outside their final presidential debate as a police horse stomped on an Iraq war veteran’s face and attacked the crowd. I also review the origins of free speech as I see it, share Ron Paul’s thoughts on police states, and what Iraq is really like.

US Soldier 2008 Body Count in Afghanistan Sets All-Time High
Published: October 5, 2008
Imagine you are in a room, alone with 20 American soldiers for one day. At sunset, all their bodies thud to the floor, stone dead. At dawn, 20 more enter the room and again die at sunset. It repeats every day for 7 years. It will repeat tomorrow. This is what I know of their story, their sad statistics.